Some classic player piano performances have been recorded and compiled by Kazoomzoom for the Frog Legs compilation. Below, enjoy one from Scott Joplin, a Ragtime legend who you can read more about in this feature story by Joe McG.

"Postrigodon" is what they call their musical style—a playful freeform mashup through the lens of hiphop. Alaclair’s members KenLo Craqnuques, Maybe Watson, Ogden, VLooper Eman and Claude Bégin are at the forefront of a very exciting hiphop scene in Quebec, but "Bas-Canada" is their true home. The album cover portrays Stephen Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, who apparently becomes a superhero when he dons the group’s signature upside down maple leaf.

Alaclair’s last album was shortlisted for the Polaris prize. With Toute Est Impossible, they continue flipping that maple leaf upside down. They want you to "Logoff" the computer, referencing Facebook, Google on songs like "Logoff." "Woof! mami / It's a bloggy blog world." A couple tracks delve into R&B territories, like "Calinour" (Care Bears forever?) while "Licornes" paints a g-funk vibe, referencing Sadé. Elsewhere, they shout out Kool Keith. I’d say Alaclair is somewhere on that spectrum, but really they are in their own world.

Hey Jason,
This is Sam from Providence, formerly of the Rumrunners. There is an album by myself and someone else that I'd like to archive, '16 Views of the Industrial Trust' which is meant to be a kind of musical panorama of the city ca. 2002. A couple of the tracks can be found at articthirdworld.org How do I go about uploading to FMA? No copyright issues to speak of. Thanks!

a lot of times when i click on a link to the band's website from here, it sends me to some generic page like, wanna meet Jewish singles, need Catch-22 in paperback, trying to cook the perfect omelette?
do you think the band just quit paying their website rent or is there some adware or whatever it is called afoot?
i mean, obviously i assume that anyone in a band is good with money and responsible enough to keep their website clean and functional, right?
just curious.
ps - thank you for this website!!!
my iPod is fat and glad.
you are doing the Lord's work here.
the Lord's work i say!!!

Well of course you're my friend! Thank you for all the amazing music you've brought into my life. Not only via the site per se, but specifically via your blog posts. It's good to have your guidance in this vast realm!

Is there a way to move this post to the curator page other than just copy and paste? http://freemusicarchive.org/member/douglasawh/blog/Badpandica
Also, did you see we played a Lame Drivers track? http://www.musicmanumit.com/2011/06/music-manumit-music-only-podcast-110624.html

the send email button on here doesn't seem to be working.
Being new to being a curator, I'm not sure how blog posts are picked to be featured, but I just put up our first blog post: http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/MusicManumit/blog/Isaac_Graham_and_the_Reds

Hi Jason,
I was reading your article on 'who pays for free' and thought you might be interested in a new site I've been developing with my friend and business partner Will. It's feed-forward.net and we have a name your price model, and take no fees. We are monetized via ad sense, and are trying to spread the word.
The core application on the site is actually more interesting we think than the fact that we take no fees even for sales. We encourage high-quality communication on the site, and do so in an innovative way using a unique rewards system that features the work of those artists who give the most high-quality feedback for the work of others'.
We also feature visual art, film and soon other disciplines as well. We launched in late November.
Please check us out, and let us know what you think.
Thanks,
-Shoham

Jason - Nice meeting you last night as well... The Books, wow, I'll take that! thanks!
Hey, i noticed Bay of Pigs in your "best of" list - I heard those two tracks on that Club Foot comp, and have been searching like crazy for more of their stuff online... do you know if they have other material out there? those songs are amazing...
thanks again!
John

hello jason. here is tommy aka the1983. i just wanted to ask which of you guys i have to contact to get the lp from kiila, because after the remix-competition there is no contact anymore. thank you. warm greetings.

Also, The Free Music Archive has really come along. It was always great, but now it is REALLY great.
Thank you for all of your ongoing and continuing efforts. They are much appreciated by lovers of independent, interesting, free-form, etc., etc., etc., music such as myself. And I know I'm far from the only one.
LONG LIVE THE FMA! LONG LIVE WFMU!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8iSm5ybipI
If you haven't seen this yet...well then happy birthday...after watching this I forgot how I forgot about it...therefore I hesitated no more than 5 seconds and found myself scrambling to log onto FMA and report my findings.

hey now, I'm back on FMA and loving the tunes by other bands, especially Lucky Dragons. I burned a CD of LD songs and will be giving a copy to my brother and to a few local record stores so they can be hipper than others. I asked about Lucky Dragons CD at Coop Records a while ago and they said it was on back order. That's when I came here and downloaded tons of FREE songs by Lucky Dragons. oomphah lah!

Sorry, one other thing. I was in SXSW Interactive a few weeks ago (my 9th year). I went to a panel on online music curators..where no one mentioned Creative Commons or free music; no one had even heard of Jamendo. (I made a point about it during Q&A). Takeaway from that panel: in an age of music curation, there is a real dearth in decent music criticism.

A few other things. In a while I'll update my original article with what I've learned about FMA http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/special/11-incredible-musicians-you-can-download-for-free-best-of-jamendo/
Second, I am finding it impossible to delete any song from a mix!
third, I like how FMA implemented tipjars. (rather than just let artists drop paypal links, Jamendo tried to incorporate it into their business model; as a result, it can take a long time for artists to receive their money.

Howdy, Jason, I really like how the social aspects of playlisting of FMA has been implemented.
I'm still a huge fan of Jamendo (30,000 albums and counting), but I like how CC music can be uploaded to FMA without needing the artist to do it. (For example, I was gratified to find Vae/Aleksi Torsti already on FMA even though that guy is apparently a real hermit about his own music. I'm really glad to see the Clinical Archives & Netbloc collections. Awesome! (I've listened to 7 Netbloc collections in 1 day!)

Hi!! thank you for supporting my track.I've lost the contest but few people shared it or add it to their site so it's so well! thanks for you all at FMA,it was helpfull,usefull and so encouraging for me.Keep keeping on!! PEACE!!

Jason said:
"Aboombong - Asynchronic is fantastic where to next?"
I don't know. Do you need anything more to set up an artist page? As I mentioned, http://aboombong.bandcamp.com/album/asynchronic works for a "buy" link. And you can get artwork from bandcamp or over at Pen & Mallet...
Or, were you looking for more music?
There is plenty more over at Pen & Mallet. ¡para!helion is probably the most like aboombong, but there is a lot to choose from. Let me know if you want to add any of it over here. Most of it would be fair game, but one or two would require me to clear with other band members. Just drop me a note.

Hello Jason,
Glad you liked the aboombong. Aboombong is me, and yes, you can feel free to add it. Just be sure to link back to the bandcamp page and to http://penmallet.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the support.
(^_^)
“I really feel like my problem isn't piracy...It's obscurity.” - Cory Doctorow

I just checked out lame drivers, hell yeah. that's the same exact sound we started out as. the only difference now is that we've been reduced to a one piece with drum machine. \m/
great name too. the latest name I have in the brainstorm arsenal is Nba Jam Band

thanks j. I'll check that biz out and from now on hit you up with some more whenever things come my way.
Here is what's currently hot on the streets:
I think the word Tight should be brought back into use.
ie: "yo you hear that new mix on FMA? its pretty tight right?!"

I'm glad to see Iggy back in black. Wish I could say the same about Mick Jagger.
Here is a very addictive matias song. A lot of his real minimal stuff is great, but I think instead of making music to listen to while on ____, he seems to make music while on _____, therefore it doesn't always workout as planned. its a very delicate balance, spacemen 3 = grasped that concept rather well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7TO2-0ZvM
hmmm gorillaz anyone?

M D of FMA at WFMU. I'm curious as to what other two piece bands are sitting around. If you got some and could point me in the right direction it would be grand.
Lately I have been up in that chill glo wave of last summer (washed out, neon indian). If they admitted they sampled I would definitely appreciate them more. Tack on b sides of The Kills, some Matias Aguayo, and some rather bland steppenwolf songs

Hi, I am new... really enjoying this site! Such a great idea...
Just wondering how old is it and how many people are you_? Thx...
... I will send some music soon, when it is finished... hope the curators like it! lol...